Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: faire de l'esprit Page #3

Yee yee! We've found 316 phrases and idioms matching faire de l'esprit.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
faire l'homme d'importanceTo play the consequential; To give oneself airs; To be pompous.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la bouche en cœurTo try and look amiable; To put on a captivating look; To purse up one’s lips.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la caneTo run away; To show the white feather.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la courte échelle à quelqu'unTo allow some one to climb on one’s shoulders to scale a height; To give a lift to some one.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la navetteTo go to and fro between two places several times.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la petite boucheTo be dainty; To have a small appetite; To be hard to please.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la planche1. To show others the way; 2. To float on one’s back.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la saint-lundiTo do no work on Monday. Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la uneTo hit the headlinesRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire le beau(of dogs) To beg.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire le bon apôtreTo put on a saintly look; To pretend to be holy.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
faire le canardTo suck up to; flatter too muchRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire le dégoûtéTo be fastidious, dainty.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire le diable à quatreTo kick up a terrible noise; To exert oneself to the utmost.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire le grand sautto snuff it, to kick the bucketRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire le gros dosto arch one's back.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire le gros dosto weather the storm, lie lowRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire le pot (or, panier) à deux ansesTo put one’s arms akimbo.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire les cent coupsTo amuse oneself noisily; To play all sorts of tricks.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire les frais de la conversation1. To keep a conversation going. 2. To be (oneself) the subject of conversation.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire les yeux en coulisseTo make sheep’s eyes; To ogle.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire maigreTo abstain from meat.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire maigre chèreTo have poor fare.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire maison neuve (or, nette)To change all one’s servants.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire marche arrièreto backpedalRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire marche arrièreto turn back, go backwardsRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire marcherto fool someone, usually as a jokeRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire marcherto make something workRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire marcherto make someone walkRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire minetteto eat pussy; to perform cunnilingus.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire moucheTo hit the bull’s eye.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire noirTo be dark, especially when it's night.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire patte de veloursTo speak smoothly; To draw in one’s claws.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire peau neuveTo turn over a new leaf.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire pencher la balanceTo turn the scale.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire plus de bruit que de besogneTo be more fussy than industrious.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire quelque chose en grandTo do something on a large scale.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire quelque chose par manière d'acquitTo do something for form’s sake, perfunctorily.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire sauter la banqueTo break the bank (gambling).Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire ses choux gras d'une choseTo enjoy a thing that others despise.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire ses fraisTo cover one’s expenses.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire ses quinze (or, trente-six) toursTo do a hundred useless things.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire son affaire(Of others) To punish.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire son affaire(of oneself) To succeed.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire son courrier (commercial)To write one’s letters.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire son paquetTo pack up and go.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire soucheTo found a family.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire table raseTo make a clean sweep and begin again; To start everything afresh.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire tacheto not belong; to stand out awkwardly.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
faire tapisserie (fam.)To be a wall-flower at a ball.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for faire de l'esprit:

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
No more excuses. It's time to ________ up the money.
A cough
B throw
C send
D bring

Browse Phrases.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ